Cassini Project Scientist Linda Spilker is back this week on planetary Radio. Radio. Welcome to Public Radio's travel show that takes you to the Final Frontier.

I'm Matt Kaplan of the Planetary Society.

It's been too long since we last checked in with Linda.

She'll bring us up to date on that big spacecraft that continues to orbit Saturn

whizzing past its most interesting moons now and then. We'll hear about

that possible ice volcano on Titan, among other things. When Bill Nye says Scram,

he doesn't want you to go away. He's just excited about the latest success

in development of a Scram jet, and it's possible combination with a rail gun. Don't worry,

the science guy will make all things clear.

So just how random are Bruce Betts random space facts.

Very, very random, as you'll hear during today's What's Up segment,

when Bruce and I will also give away a signed copy of

Mike Brown's new book, How I Killed Pluto, and Why It Had It Coming.

Of course, we know who you really want to hear.

It's Planetary Society Science and Technology

coordinator and Ace Blogger Emily Lachto-Wala.

Emily, happy holidays. I hear some children in the background there is your shopping all done our

baking is just starting though we've got a lot of work to do in the kitchen okay

well I'm sure that by the time people I hear this everyone will have been

delighted with all those baked goods.

Let's talk about some of the highlights from the blog last week, beginning with yet another

Akatsky update and a possibly very courageous, not to say foolhardy option when it returns to Venus.

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